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Ivanovce
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ján Ďurica started the match with the kick off. 10 minutes into the match, Baghdad Bruins's Miroslav Rezeš sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Daniel Šuraba narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Daniel Šuraba showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Miroslav Rezeš, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Miroslav Rezeš blasted a shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Daniel Šuraba having to make a save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Alojz Dúha during the 20th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 29th minute, Baghdad Bruins's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ján Ďurica fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 31 minutes into the game, Miroslav Rezeš cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Daniel Šuraba was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Baghdad Bruins's Stanislav Strela got a free kick in the 34th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Levare FK's Ivan Gogoľ tried to score from far away in the 35th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Ján Ďurica received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Ivan Kukan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erik Kopčaj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Kukan having to interfere. Erik Kopčaj received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Ivan Kukan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Erik Kopčaj could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 46th minute of the match, but Ivan Kukan made a huge save. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Miroslav Rezeš to strike the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Baghdad Bruins booed when Levare FK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 51 match minutes in a wonderful position. Richard Poniger didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Erik Kopčaj had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 54th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ján Ďurica in the 55th minute of play forced Baghdad Bruins's goalkeeper Ivan Kukan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 59 minutes of play, Levare FK's Ivo Kľučka made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ivan Kukan was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ján Ďurica received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Ivan Kukan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ivan Kukan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ján Ďurica in the 71st minute of the match. 72 minutes had been played when some careless play by Baghdad Bruins's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ivan Gogoľ was slow to take the kick. During this time Levare FK's players had a chance to rest. Ivan Gogoľ made a great header on Levare FK's corner, it was just that Baghdad Bruins's Ivan Kukan managed to reach the ball for a save. Vincent Izák took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 75th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Daniel Šuraba. Levare FK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 76th minute Stanislav Strela suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. Ivo Kľučka charged in rather forcefully in the 76th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ivo Kľučka the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 77th match minute, Levare FK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivo Kľučka to maneuver through the defense. Erik Kopčaj fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivan Kukan having to interfere. In the 92nd minute Ján Ďurica shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivan Kukan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Levare FK's Erik Kopčaj got a good chance for a goal in the 93rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar.